# US 2021/0278955 A1 · Notification information display method and device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0278955 A1 - Document ID: US20210278955A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/319,695 - Filed: 2017-06-15 - Published: 2021-09-09 - Earliest claimed: 2016-07-20 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Chaekyung LEE; Sungyoun AN; Bo-Keun KIM - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210278955A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/04817: using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - G06F 3/0484: for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range - G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures - G08B 5/22: using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission - H04M 1/72403: with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality - H04M 1/72469: for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons - H04M 2250/22: including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract An electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure may include a display for displaying an icon and an indicator which indicates presence of notification information regarding an application corresponding to the icon; and a processor electrically connected to the display, wherein the processor may receive a first user input in at least part of a region which displays the indicator, while the icon and the indicator are displayed, execute a function corresponding to the icon if the first user input is a touch input, and control the display to display information regarding the notification information on a screen if the first user input is a force touch. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device comprising: a display for displaying an icon and an indicator which indicates presence of notification information regarding an application corresponding to the icon; and a processor electrically connected to the display, wherein the processor receives a first user input in at least part of a region which displays the indicator, while the icon and the indicator are displayed, executes a function corresponding to the icon if the first user input is a touch input, and controls the display to display information regarding the notification information on a screen if the first user input is a force touch. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the information regarding the notification information comprises one information of first information, second information, or third information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the information regarding the notification information comprises a button or a short cut for executing the function regarding the notification information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the indicator comprises information regarding the number of the notification information. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the processor controls the display to display the first information or the second information based on the number of the notification information. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the first information is displayed near the icon, and comprises at least part of content of the notification information. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the second information is displayed as a whole screen, and is a list of the notification information. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the processor receives a second user input which selects one of the notification information, and executes a function of an application regarding the selected notification information based on the second user input. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The electronic device of claim 2, wherein, if the icon corresponds to a folder, the processor controls the display to display the third information on the screen. ### Claim 10 A notification information display method of an electronic device, comprising: displaying an icon and an indicator which indicates presence of notification information regarding an application relating to the icon; receiving a first user input in at least part of a region which displays the indicator, while the icon and the indicator are displayed; and executing a function corresponding to the icon if the first user input is a touch input, and displaying information regarding the notification information if the first user input is a force touch. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The notification information display method of the electronic device of claim 10, wherein the information regarding the notification information comprises one information of first information, second information, or third information. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The notification information display method of the electronic device of claim 10, wherein displaying the information regarding the notification information comprises: displaying the first information or the second information based on the number of the notification information. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The notification information display method of the electronic device of claim 12, wherein the first information is displayed near the icon, and comprises at least part of content of the notification information. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The notification information display method of the electronic device of claim 13, further comprising: receiving a second user input which selects one of the notification information displayed near the icon; and executing a function of an application regarding the selected notification information based on the second user input. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The notification information display method of the electronic device of claim 11, wherein displaying the information regarding the notification information comprises: if the icon corresponds to a folder, displaying the third information near the folder icon. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the third information comprises an icon corresponding to an application, that notification information is occurred, among applications included in the folder and an indicator regarding the icon. ### Claim 17 (depends on 10) The notification information display method of the electronic device of claim 10, wherein the information regarding the notification information comprises a button or a short cut for executing the function regarding the notification information. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The notification information display method of the electronic device of claim 11, wherein the indicator comprises information regarding the number of the notification information. ### Claim 19 (depends on 12) The notification information display method of the electronic device of claim 12, wherein the second information is displayed as a whole screen, and is a list of the notification information. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The notification information display method of the electronic device of claim 15, wherein the third information comprises an icon corresponding to an application, that notification is occurred, among applications included in the folder and an indicator regarding the icon.